Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2026
Trump targets foreign-made power grid equipment, citing cyber, sabotage and supply-chain risks to U.S. national security. Executive Order 14420, signed on August 26, targets equipment and technologies that could expose the power grid to sabotage, unauthorized access, malicious remote activity or supply-chain disruption. The timing matters. The White House points to the rapid expansion of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2026
Trump authorizes vetted US cybersecurity firms to conduct government-approved cyber operations against transnational criminal networks. President Trump signed a national security memorandum on August 13 establishing a formal program that allows vetted private US cybersecurity companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against transnational criminal organizations under government direction and oversight. The program, managed by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2026
White House released President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America, framing cyberspace as a strategic domain to project power and counter growing cyber threats The White House has released “President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America,” a document that outlines how the United States intends to maintain dominance in cyberspace and confront an increasingly hostile digital landscape. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2025
Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik is being released from U.S. custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, a Trump administration source told CNN. The New York Times first reported that Alexander Vinnik, a Russian money laundering suspect, is being released from U.S. custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, according to a Trump administration source. Alexander Vinnik, a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2024
China-linked threat actors targeted the phone communications of Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance. China-linked hackers reportedly targeted phones used by former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance as part of a cyber espionage campaign aimed at gathering intelligence on American leaders, the New York Times reported. US intelligence is investigating the claims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2021
A hacker has leaked claims to have breached pro-Trump GETTR and leaked the private information of almost 90,000 members on a hacking forum. GETTR is a new pro-Trump social media platform created by Jason Miller, a former Trump advisor, the Twitter-like platform suffered a data breach. The security breach comes a few hours after its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2021
Researchers uncovered a malspam campaign that spreads the QNode remote access Trojan (RAT) using fake Trump’s sex scandal video as bait. Security experts from Trustwave uncovered a malspam campaign that is delivering the QNode remote access Trojan (RAT) using fake Trump’s sex scandal video as bait. The spam messages use the subject “GOOD LOAN OFFER!!” […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2020
President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the CISA, over his statement claiming the recent presidential election the most secure in US history. Former President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), over his statement calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in US history. Former President Trump […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2020
Chris Krebs, the director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agency protecting elections. Chris Krebs, the director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) expects the White House to fire him, as the Trump administration continues a purge of officials that are considered disloyal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2020
Hackers broke into a website used in Donald Trump ‘s campaign website on Tuesday, the news is worrying because comes a few days before Election Day. Hackers defaced a website used in Donald Trump’s campaign website, donaldjtrump.com, displaying the following message: “This site was seized.” “The world has had enough of the fake-news spreaded daily […]
